Our annual Spring Concert took place on Tuesday 1st April in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary's Parish Church.

It was a fabulous evening, showcasing the hard work which goes on in the music department all year round. Over 100 pupils took part, ranging from our senior and junior choirs, to the concert band, pipe band, ceilidh band, brass ensemble, and string ensemble, as well as solo performances from some of our Young Musician of the Year winners.

We are grateful, as always, to our dedicated team of instrumental instructors, and the music department wishes to congratulate every performer on the night for making the concert such a huge success.

To view the Spring Concert, click on the links below:

Spring Concert 2025 - Part 1

Spring Concert 2025 - Part 2

Our school concert band took part in the finals of the Scottish Concert Band Festival in Perth Concert Hall at the weekend and I am delighted to share with you that they received a Silver Plus award! This is an amazing achievement at a national level, and even more so considering we were one of only 7 schools in Scotland invited to take part. Every single pupil represented the school with professionalism and a maturity beyond their years. I have attached a photo in case you would like to congratulate any of the pupils who you teach. Can I also take this opportunity to thank Jim Bone, Ross Carrol and Anne-Marie Smillie for the time that they give up to support the band, as well as our wonderful instrumental tutors Ross McQueen (brass), Esther Woods (woodwind) and Scott Crawford (percussion).

If you would like to hear how fabulous the band sounds, as well as our talented choirs, ceilidh band, rock band and pipe band, they will be performing at our Spring Concert on Tuesday 1st April at 7pm in St Mary's Church. Tickets are on sale from the office and are going fast!

On Wednesday 5th February, the school held it's annual Young Musician of the Year competition, with over 30 pupils performing to a packed audience. Congratulations to every one who took part on the night, and a special congratulations to Tiffany who goes on to represent Dalziel at the North Lanarkshire competition on 30th April.
The judges had some tough choices to make but awarded the following:

• Junior Young Musician runner-up: Amelie Dong, S1, piano
• Junior Young Musician winner: Olivia Tougher-Struthers, S3, guitar
• Senior Instrumentalist runner-up: Amelia Prucnal, S6, piano
• Senior Instrumentalist winner: Murray Neilson, S4, piano
• Senior Vocalist runner-up: Sophie Burnside
• Senior Vocalist winner: Kiera Bett
• Young Musician of the Year 2024/25: Tiffany Chan, S3, piano

The school concert band travelled to Carlibar Primary School, Barrhead, on Sunday 1st December to take part in the Scottish Concert Band Festival. The band had been rehearsing for months, including sectional rehearsals at lunchtimes, to prepare 4 pieces for the panel of adjudicators. Bands are adjudicated against set criteria and we were delighted to be awarded a Gold Award, with special mentions to our percussion section. As a result, the band have been invited to the national finals in Perth Concert Hall on 15th/16th March 2025.

As well as the hours of practise that pupils put in to prepare for the performance, we would like to pay a special thanks to Mr McQueen, Mrs Woods and Mr Crawford for supporting our pupils along the way.